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Terrorists Planned to Kill ‘Tens of Thousands’ at Taylor Swift Vienna Concert, CIA Official Says

August 29, 2024

The CIA says the terrorist suspects who planned to attack Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna wanted to kill ‘tens of thousands’ of people. The CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted their planning and led ... Read More...

Solingen, Germany Festival Knife-Attacker Turns Himself in to Police

Ashley King

August 25, 2024

A mass stabbing at a Solingen, Germany festival left three people dead and eight more injured. German police were on a man hunt seeking the perpetrator over the weekend before he turned himself in. The knife... Read More...

Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna, Austria canceled over terrorist threat

Taylor Swift Concerts in Austria Canceled Over Terrorist Threat

Ashley King

August 7, 2024

Taylor Swift’s concerts in Austria are canceled due to government concerns over a planned terrorist attack, for which two men have been arrested. Authorities in Austria have already arrested two men involved... Read More...

Google stunned by antitrust decision in search monopoly case

Google Stunned by Judge’s Decision in Search Antitrust Case

Ashley King

August 5, 2024

Google is stunned by a federal judge’s ruling that the company has violated US antitrust law with its search business. On Monday, August 5, Judge Amit Mehta of the US District Court for the District of Colum... Read More...

Lollapalooza main stage battery powered this year

Lollapalooza’s Main Stage Is Entirely Battery-Powered—Everything Including Audio, Lighting, Video, Stage Production

Ashley King

August 2, 2024

Lollapalooza has announced that the Main Stage will be powered solely on a hybrid battery system The system will power all audio, lighting, video, and stage production for the duration of the show. Live Nati... Read More...

Spotify Releases Parental Guide Youth Safety focus

Spotify Releases Parental Guide as Youth Safety Takes Center Stage

Ashley King

July 22, 2024

Spotify has announced a new parental guide to help spotlight the company’s focus on youth safety after joining the Tech Coalition. The Tech Coalition is a trusted organization that united the global tech ind... Read More...

Beggars Group, Secretly, Sub Pop, Others Create ‘Music Economy Think Tank’ ORCA

Ashley King

July 17, 2024

Independent music labels unite to launch ‘music industry think tank’ ORCA, a global research hub for music’s economic, social, and cultural impact. The Organization for Recorded Culture and Arts (ORCA) has o... Read More...

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It’s Not Just Taylor Swift—Hackers Claim These Tours Are Also at Risk in Ticketmaster Breach

Ashley King

July 10, 2024

Hackers are playing a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with Ticketmaster after a data breach has leaked more than 440,000 Taylor Swift ticket buyers’ personal details. Now investigators are taking aim at discover... Read More...

What is noplace? — New MySpace-esque Social App for Gen Z Surges to the Top of the App Store

Ashley King

July 7, 2024

A new app called noplace is trying to put the ‘social’ back in ‘social media’, soaring to the top of the app store as a modern-day MySpace. So what exactly is noplace all about? There’s a new social media pl... Read More...

Justin Timberlake and Tiger Woods’ Scotland Sports Bar is Still Happening

Ashley King

July 5, 2024

Justin Timberlake and Tiger Woods are making true their dreams of owning a sports bar. The duo has been granted permission to convert an old cinema in Scotland into a luxury sports bar, T-Squared Social, repl... Read More...

Ticketmaster Data Breach—Live Nation Encounters ‘Dynamic Pricing’ as Hacking Group Asks for $8 Million Ransom

Ashley King

July 5, 2024

Just days after notifying customers of the Ticketmaster data breach, Live Nation encounters ‘dynamic pricing’ from the ShinyHunters hacking group. The $1 million ransom has increased to $8 million after the g... Read More...

‘Bling Bling’ Rapper B.G. Just Finished An 11-Year Prison Term — Now a Probation Officer Reviews His Lyrics Before He Records Them

Ashley King

July 3, 2024

Rapper B.G. has been released from prison after 11 years. He's now required to turn his lyrics over to a probation officer before he records them. Louisiana rapper B.G. (short for Baby Gangsta, real name Chr... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

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Nile Rodgers Becomes the Latest High-Profile Musician to Publicly Support AI

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After Bandcamp’s Takedown, Boy George Partners with Warner Music/ADA to Release ‘We Will Dance Again’ as Tel Aviv Shows Quickly Sell Out

Suno Files Subpoena Demands Against Apple As Major Label Legal War Intensifies